[ACG] [OutPost I] Cartmanbeck's Season of Plundered Tombs Adventure 3: In Search of a Sage (Inactive)

Game Master cartmanbeck

During This Adventure: The scourge die is 1d6.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Alchemical Golem as the henchman Elusive Knowledge and the henchman Fire Spirit as the henchman Forbidden Text.

After adding henchmen, shuffle together a stack of 2 Alchemical Golem henchmen (proxies for Elusive Knowledge) and a number of the henchman Fire Spirit (proxies for Forbidden Text) equal to the number of characters. Shuffle 1 card from this stack into each location.

At the start of your turn, examine the top card of your location deck; if it does not have the Trigger trait, put it on top of another open location deck.

When closing a location, before closing, search the location deck and shuffle all henchmen you find into another open location deck.

To win the scenario, close all locations while 2 Elusive Knowledges are displayed next to the scenario.

Displayed: Elusive Knowledge x2

Turn: 24 Ostog/JohnF

Top of Blessing Discard Pile: Blessing of the Elements

Chisisek's Tomb
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Great Library of Tephu
At This Location: If you fail to acquire a boon, shuffle it into this location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a spell from the box.
M:2 Ba:1 W:0 Sp:4 Ar:0 I:0 Al:1 Bl:0 ?:5
Located here: Bekah/LucianC, Feiya/skizzerz, Ostog/JohnF, Oloch/Akaitora,

Vault of Hidden Wisdom
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Sepulcher of the Servant
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Alchemical Laboratory
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:3 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Ruined Temple
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:3
Closed
Located here: Salim/Elizabeth,

Warehouse
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

It's easy enough to do ...

I've seen it almost happen at a real table; when we're not actually sitting round a table in turn order there's nothing obvious to remind you when it's your turn except for one line at the top of a long post.

So, Oloch - about that Cure ...

Ostog takes a look around his location. He sees a scroll, but as he reaches for it it floats off to elsewhere in the library. Ostog grabs at it, but instead overbalances and falls awkwardly, taking Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3. Ouch!

The PostMonster just ate my last two update attempts; let's try that one more time ...

Discarding Crowbar, Longspear, and the Ranseur of the Gargoyle.

What happens now depends on whether Ostog got healed. Assuming he was:

Ranzak's fall attracted the attention of a Random Card: 1d13 ⇒ 13 a Carrion Golem.
Ostog now has to discard the top card of his deck, whatever that may be

@Feiya: I'd like to get a little help on this Combat check - the +3 from the Staff
Combat 14: 1d10 + 4 + 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 4 + (3, 1) + 3 = 19 Better safe than sorry!

Continued on the other side of Oloch's Cure

I forgot I could use Cure out of turn! Here goes! Curing Ostog

Cure: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Recharge cure Divine DC 8: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

One small change: I'll use my power to recharge the longspear to reduce the initial combat damage by 2, and discard the Crowbar.

Healing: Greatclub +1, Mumia, Blessing of Torag, Aunty, and Smith.
Discard top of deck: Athlete

Now, where were we?

The Carrion Golem is rendered into its constituent parts.
Ostog calls on the Gods to aid him in his quest.
His attention is drawn to a Random Card: 1d12 ⇒ 1 dark corner where he spots the scroll that gave him all the trouble.

That's a Wisdom 8 check - Ostog has a d6
I won't die if I fail the check, but it will shuffle back in.
Is that worth recharging Daji to give me a 5/6 chance to get rid of the Forbidden Text?

I would vote yes, it's probably worth that Fox-recharge.

Off-turn: Daji notices Ostog looking at a nasty scroll and jumps in to help tear it up.

Getting rid of this is worth the -6 difficulty, go for it. We need to thin the deck

Wisdom 8: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 With Daji's assistance the scroll is shredded!

End turn - draw Smith, Blessing of Torag, and Aunty!

Hand: Greatsword, Ranseur of the Gargoyle, Smith, Blessing of Torag, Aunty (found),

Displayed:
Deck: 9 Discard: 5 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

During This Adventure: The scourge die is 1d6.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Alchemical Golem as the henchman Elusive Knowledge and the henchman Fire Spirit as the henchman Forbidden Text.

After adding henchmen, shuffle together a stack of 2 Alchemical Golem henchmen (proxies for Elusive Knowledge) and a number of the henchman Fire Spirit (proxies for Forbidden Text) equal to the number of characters. Shuffle 1 card from this stack into each location.

At the start of your turn, examine the top card of your location deck; if it does not have the Trigger trait, put it on top of another open location deck.

When closing a location, before closing, search the location deck and shuffle all henchmen you find into another open location deck.

To win the scenario, close all locations while 2 Elusive Knowledges are displayed next to the scenario.

Displayed: Elusive Knowledge x2

Turn: 25 Bekah/LucianC

Top of Blessing Discard Pile: Blessing of the Elements

Chisisek's Tomb
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Great Library of Tephu
At This Location: If you fail to acquire a boon, shuffle it into this location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a spell from the box.
M:1 Ba:1 W:0 Sp:4 Ar:0 I:0 Al:1 Bl:0 ?:4
Located here: Bekah/LucianC, Feiya/skizzerz, Ostog/JohnF, Oloch/Akaitora,

Vault of Hidden Wisdom
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Sepulcher of the Servant
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Alchemical Laboratory
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:3 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Ruined Temple
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:3
Closed
Located here: Salim/Elizabeth,

Warehouse
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Ostog has

That will let me examine the top 3 cards of the location deck.
(and then possibly explore, although that might only work on my turn).
It's available if the multi-explore would be useful.

Ostog has ** spoiler omitted **

That will let me examine the top 3 cards of the location deck.
(and then possibly explore, although that might only work on my turn).
It's available if the multi-explore would be useful.

Correct, the explore would only be on your own turn.

I meant, of course, "... if the multi-examine would be useful."

Bekah creeps forward, but is almost singed by Flames of the Faithful

There is no other open location, and the ard does not have a trigger, so I assume it stays where it is and I encounter it...

Bekah draws her Flaming Scimitar and thrusts it into the flames, willing the sword to absorb the power. Within a second, the sword becomes too hot to hold.

Recharge Flaming Scimitar for d4+1

Divine: 1d8 + 2 + 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (1) + 1 = 6

Bekah stows it, but retains the power it tamed.

Aquire Spell

Fearing the approaching deadline, Bekah prays to the Deadeye Bowan to guide her further.

Discard Blessing of Erastil for an explore

Struck by Deja Vu, Bekah encounters a Detect Undead spell.

I'm at d8+2 looking for a 5 and I think being able to explore with the spell is worth acquiring it. Can I use Feiya's Good Omen?

You have pretty good chances of success with d8+2 (you succeed on anything other than a 1 or 2 so 6/8, so you have about a 75% chance of success). I'd say save the good omen for a more difficult check.

Ok, I have a shirt reroll too.

Divine 5: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Bekah accidentally reads the scroll out loud, activating it

Examine top card. Forbidden Text

Bekah sighs as the text does not detect as undead.

d4 Combat damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Bekah almost walks into a wall. Fortunately, her shield catches it first.

Reveal Shield of Fire Resistance to reduce damage by 2

Recharge Detect Undead.

Divine 7: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Recharged.

Though thankful for the shield, Bekah needs other assets now, she stows it.

Discard Shield of Fire Resistance, redraw 3 cards. Cure, Blessing of the Gods and Inflict.

Bekah glances around, wondering who needs healing...

Who gets the Cure spell?

@GMLocation is shuffled.

Hand: Flames of the Faithful (acquired), Cure, Ruby of Charisma, Lightning Bolt, Deathbane Lightcrossbow+1, Blessing of the Gods1, Inflict,

Displayed:
Deck: 8 Discard: 6 Buried: 0
Notes: All of my assets that can help in any way are available, including my shirt reroll. I'll happily recharge Inflict and/or Lightning Bolt, I'm not sure if it's better to use Cure or hold it for boosting a check. I'd prefer to keep the crossbow but if we have a chance to win throw everything at it.
Sideboard cards:

I think I drew 1 too many cards

During This Adventure: The scourge die is 1d6.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Alchemical Golem as the henchman Elusive Knowledge and the henchman Fire Spirit as the henchman Forbidden Text.

After adding henchmen, shuffle together a stack of 2 Alchemical Golem henchmen (proxies for Elusive Knowledge) and a number of the henchman Fire Spirit (proxies for Forbidden Text) equal to the number of characters. Shuffle 1 card from this stack into each location.

At the start of your turn, examine the top card of your location deck; if it does not have the Trigger trait, put it on top of another open location deck.

When closing a location, before closing, search the location deck and shuffle all henchmen you find into another open location deck.

To win the scenario, close all locations while 2 Elusive Knowledges are displayed next to the scenario.

Displayed: Elusive Knowledge x2

Turn: 26 Salim/Eliandra

Top of Blessing Discard Pile: Blessing of Pharasma

Chisisek's Tomb
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Great Library of Tephu
At This Location: If you fail to acquire a boon, shuffle it into this location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a spell from the box.
M:1 Ba:1 W:0 Sp:2 Ar:0 I:0 Al:1 Bl:0 ?:4
Located here: Bekah/LucianC, Feiya/skizzerz, Ostog/JohnF, Oloch/Akaitora,

Vault of Hidden Wisdom
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Sepulcher of the Servant
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Alchemical Laboratory
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:3 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Ruined Temple
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:3
Closed
Located here: Salim/Elizabeth,

Warehouse
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Salim heads over to join his fellows at the Great Library. He finds the chain of lightning that has been eluding the team, but even with Feiya’s best wishes, he has a nominal chance of success, so he lets it flitter away. Unless people have resources they want to blow on it. I’ve only got a d6.

The Court Knight shall investigate another room and uncover a ferocious guecubu.

Combat 15: 1d8 + 2d4 + 8 ⇒ (8) + (4, 2) + 8 = 22

With his parting breath, the Guecubu curses Salim Scourge: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7, but Salim calls on his scroll of Remove Curse to nope that. He offers up his scroll of Cure to whoever needs it.

Hand: Tablet of Languages Lost, Stalking Armor, Sage's Journal, The Melted Blade, Cat-O-Nine-Tails, Blessing of Pharasma
Deck: 5 Discard: 6 Buried: 7
Displayed: Notes:

As Oloch is looking for opponents, he runs into a scroll containing Forbidden Knowledge.

At the beginning of his turn, Oloch examines the top card of his location. He takes 1d4 Combat Damage from examining it:

Combat Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

@GM, Oloch has the ability to recharge his hand at the beginning of his turn and this examine also happened at the beginning of the turn. Can I choose to activate his power after he takes the damage?

Yes, I believe after the Combat damage you would be able to use your Start of Turn power.

Notes: All of my assets that can help in any way are available, including my shirt reroll.

Reroll's aren't generally transferable - AFAIK there's only one way to gift a reroll.

@Eliandra, I just took nearly lethal damage so I'll be taking that Cure off your hands to heal myself with. I discard my Acidic Greatsword, Greatsword and Lightning Bolt as damage, prioritizing being able to explore as much as possible this turn.

Casting Salim's Cure: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Check to recharge: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Oloch has taken a beating, but Salim offers him a healing scroll and he promptly uses it to heal himself.

He explores the library, looking for that elusive last foe.

Shuffled location: 1d7 ⇒ 3

I'm ignoring the first 2 cards from the location in this random roll, as these are the ones Salim explored in their turn.

He encounters Black Kiss, the alchemist, who for some reason seems pretty keen on trying to feed him a potion.

Oloch has d4 Intelligence and Charisma. This is not worth trying. He'll just take the damage.

For this roll, I'm ignoring the same 2 cards I ignored earlier plus card number 5, which was the Black Kiss which has now been banished.

Poison Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

The potion spills and immeditaly corrodes Oloch's armor and helm. He punches the half-elf in the face for damaging his armor and keeps going, using a Blessing of Pharasma to guide his way.

Shuffled location: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Oloch can't seem to get away from these scrolls containing horrible truths everywhere! He's getting angry! He calls upon divine power to grant him patience.

"Beckah! Please help me with this scroll again"

I'm counting on Beckah to help me on this one as well so that we can hopefully banish these annoying things. I will be using Oloch's power to display Weapon of Awe to give myself +1 to my check.

Wisdom DC 8: 1d8 + 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + (2) + 3 = 9

He manages to decode the message and get rid of the scroll. Oloch is now mentally exhausted and needs to take a breath.

I'll end my turn here as I have no way to keep exploring. Good luck everyone! We can do it! I can also now heal anyone who needs it. Right now I'm sans weapon, but I can still pack a punch if you need help with a combat check.

Hand: Cure Feia, Divine Favor, Weapon of Awe, Cure,

Displayed:
Deck: 4 Discard: 14 Buried: 0
"Notes: -Remember Oloch can encounter monsters that other characters at his location fail to defeat!
-I'm starting to run low on health, but use my blessings if you need them."
Sideboard cards:

Boons don't get banished from the Great Library; if you fail to acquire them they get shuffled back into the deck. I'll let cartmanbeck decide if anything above needs to be re-done before doing my turn.

You are right, so both the Black Kiss and the Chain Lightning would still be there. I'm sorry I missed that.

During This Adventure: The scourge die is 1d6.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Alchemical Golem as the henchman Elusive Knowledge and the henchman Fire Spirit as the henchman Forbidden Text.

After adding henchmen, shuffle together a stack of 2 Alchemical Golem henchmen (proxies for Elusive Knowledge) and a number of the henchman Fire Spirit (proxies for Forbidden Text) equal to the number of characters. Shuffle 1 card from this stack into each location.

At the start of your turn, examine the top card of your location deck; if it does not have the Trigger trait, put it on top of another open location deck.

When closing a location, before closing, search the location deck and shuffle all henchmen you find into another open location deck.

To win the scenario, close all locations while 2 Elusive Knowledges are displayed next to the scenario.

Displayed: Elusive Knowledge x2

Turn: 28 Feiya/skizzerz

Top of Blessing Discard Pile: Blessing of Isis

Chisisek's Tomb
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Great Library of Tephu
At This Location: If you fail to acquire a boon, shuffle it into this location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a spell from the box.
M:0 Ba:1 W:0 Sp:2 Ar:0 I:0 Al:1 Bl:0 ?:3
Located here: Bekah/LucianC, Feiya/skizzerz, Ostog/JohnF, Oloch/Akaitora,

Vault of Hidden Wisdom
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Sepulcher of the Servant
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Alchemical Laboratory
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:3 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Ruined Temple
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:3
Closed
Located here: Salim/Elizabeth,

Warehouse
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Feiya sees a Good Omen ahead, and feels this is an opportune time to use her staff to see what lies beyond it. I only have 1 explore this turn and it's my last turn of the scenario, so I plan on trying to brute force the henchman we care about to the top via examines, as each time I examine a Forbidden Text it shuffles the text. Recharging Life Drain to fuel Staff.

Feiya finds Black Kiss, who was giving giving Oloch some grief earlier, and decides to pay him a visit. She uses her own Good Omen on him to make him more amicable. Craft 6: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 Arcane 8 (recharge Good Omen): 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Black Kiss accompanies her as she goes towards the Good Omen she found earlier. Discard Black Kiss to explore again. Arcane 6: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Feiya then activates her staff one final time to see what lies ahead. Recharging Black Spot to fuel Staff of Revelations. She finds a Lightning Storm and Chain Lightning ahead. Leaving them in that order, as that guarantees that we get rid of the barrier at least for future deck shuffles. My Good Omen can add 4 to the acquire check for Chain Lightning but it's probably better saved for the close check instead unless we can guarantee enough resources to net an automatic success on close. I have Elemental Treaty available to reduce Electricity damage to Bekah so she doesn't suffer any scourges. I'm discarding Amulet of Life and Staff of Cackling Wrath as I end my turn.

Hand: Staff of Revelations (Acquired), Good Omen (Acquired), Augury, Elemental Treaty, Verdure's Wrath, Wolf, Corrosion,

Displayed: Daji (Cohort),
Deck: 5 Discard: 9 Buried: 0
Notes:

• Corrosion can be used on Tephu Librarian to add an extra die to the check
  
• Recharge Staff of Revelations on Tephu Librarian to reduce difficulty by 5
  
• Recharge Wolf or Verdure's Wrath on Forbidden Text to reduce difficulty by 4
  
• Good Omen reduces the difficulty of the closing check by 4
  
• Elemental Treaty reduces elemental damage by 1 (acid, cold, electricity, fire, and poison). I will be displaying it next to the location at the start of Ostog's turn so that it's active for when Bekah gets zapped by the Lightning Storm.
  
• Based on how I'm reading things, my Augury can be used to rig Tephu Librarian to the top of the deck once the deck is down to 3 cards, but I'll be taking 2d4 damage in the process so I probably will not be able to help with anything I listed above in that case -- ensure you have enough blessing and other support to both kill the henchman and close the location before invoking this option. Basically, I Augury for henchmen. I trigger both Forbidden Texts (so they would get shuffled back in, but shuffling doesn't happen until the examine is completed per p14 of the rulebook). Tephu Librarian would be set aside per Augury. Then the two Forbidden Texts are shuffled with the deck, and then I put Tephu Librarian on top.
  
• If we have the support from people that aren't me, I suggest going the Augury route just to guarantee a win. I'd be playing it after someone deals with the Chain Lightning spell but before the next turn (so that nobody accidentally examines Forbidden Text due to start of turn examine and takes damage that gets rid of useful cards).
  

Sideboard cards:

Off turn: Recharged Flames of the Faithful to aid Oloch

During This Adventure: The scourge die is 1d6.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Alchemical Golem as the henchman Elusive Knowledge and the henchman Fire Spirit as the henchman Forbidden Text.

After adding henchmen, shuffle together a stack of 2 Alchemical Golem henchmen (proxies for Elusive Knowledge) and a number of the henchman Fire Spirit (proxies for Forbidden Text) equal to the number of characters. Shuffle 1 card from this stack into each location.

At the start of your turn, examine the top card of your location deck; if it does not have the Trigger trait, put it on top of another open location deck.

When closing a location, before closing, search the location deck and shuffle all henchmen you find into another open location deck.

To win the scenario, close all locations while 2 Elusive Knowledges are displayed next to the scenario.

Displayed: Elusive Knowledge x2

Turn: 29 Ostog/JohnF

Top of Blessing Discard Pile: Blessing of Maat

Chisisek's Tomb
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Great Library of Tephu
At This Location: If you fail to acquire a boon, shuffle it into this location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a spell from the box.
M:0 Ba:1 W:0 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:3
Located here: Bekah/LucianC, Feiya/skizzerz, Ostog/JohnF, Oloch/Akaitora,

Vault of Hidden Wisdom
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Sepulcher of the Servant
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Alchemical Laboratory
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:3 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Ruined Temple
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:3
Closed
Located here: Salim/Elizabeth,

Warehouse
At This Location: NO BOX
When Closing:
When Permanently Closed:
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Only Ostog and Bekah left!

I did draw one too many cards. Inflict is not in my hand.

Hand: Blessing of the Gods1, Cure, Ruby of Charisma, Deathbane Lightcrossbow+1, Lightning Bolt,

Displayed:
Deck: 9 Discard: 6 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

So I'm not sure what would be best for Ostog to do.
We know the deck contains a barrier (on top), a spell (card 2), and a villain and two henchmen (order unknown).

Ostog can encounter the barrier (no effect for me; it will affect Bekah on the start of her turn), and discard his Smith to explore again (although that's a Spell 3 we won't be getting).

After that I'm not sure. Using Aunty to examine the top three cards doesn't seem useful; that will just wipe my hand and shuffle the location deck. I could discard my blessing to explore and hope that's the villain (which I have a chance of defeating), or I could keep the blessing to help Bekah.

Advice and suggestions welcome!

I'd recommend using all of the explores you possibly can on your turn, as getting through the cards to find the villain needs to be the top priority if you all are to win. I agree that Aunty to examine wouldn't make sense in this case.

If you can clear the lightning storm and the spell, Feiya/skizzerz, can cast augury at the end of your turn and get the henchman to the top of the deck. It will cost her 2d4 damage so she might want to see if she can expend any of the cards she'll probably lose anyway to help you acquire the spell? I think I can take the henchman with my Lightning Bolt and recharging Cure or the Crossbow. That would leave me with Ruby and a blessing and another card to recharge. This assumes I don't lose cards to the lightning storm. I believe Feiya said she had something to help against that?

@Ostog, how about exploring twice with your blessing, then using Aunty to perhaps explore a third time depending on what you find? I could then cast Cure on you to potentially get some blessings back in your deck for when you recharge your hand.

I'd rather save my Cure to recharge to add d4+1 to a roll. So @Oloch using Cure is a good idea.

@Feiya has Elemental Treaty she can cast on the location to prevent me from taking the lightning damage and suffering a scourge.

I say take two explores then see where we stand.

At this point I think that Ostog's turn should go like this:

At the start of his turn Ostog will pass a card to Bekah - probably the blessing.
Feiya will also display Elemental Treaty to be ready for the Lightning Storm at the start of Bekah's turn

Ostog then explores twice (using his Smith) to clear the top two cards off the deck.
If Feiya can help with the check to acquire the spell that's fine, but we shouldn't use other blessings that would help with the final fight.

At this point Feiya could use her Augury magic to put the Librarian on the top of the deck, and Oloch should cast 'Cure' on Ostog to try and get blessings into Ostog's deck.

Finally, Ostog discards everything and resets his hand, hoping for blessings

Then it's over to Bekah ...

If we don't acquire the spell it gets shuffled back in.

The Augury will likely hand wipe me, so I'll be spending Good Omen to give you +4 to grab the spell, and Bekah giving you an extra d4+1 on top of that wouldn't hurt either. BotG can emulate Maat which can add 3 to the roll after the fact if needed, so we aren't wasting a blessing unless we need to use it. By acquiring the spell, we guarantee I can Augury the henchman to the top. If we fail to acquire the spell there is a 25% chance the henchman goes to the bottom and we can no longer win. Bekah should ideally have at least 3 cards in hand for her turn -- something to do a combat check with, something to recharge for extra d4+1 for the pre-combat Stealth check, something to recharge for extra d4+1 for the close check. The card used to make the combat check can be recharged for d4+1 on the combat check itself. Note that the barrier can possibly zap Bekah for up to 2 damage max at the start of turn.

As Ostog contemplates what course of action to take with the party, Feiya notices the upcoming Lightning Storm and entreats the elements to help reduce its brunt. Displaying Elemental Treaty next to the location, will reduce the electricity damage by 1.

I agree with Feiya's assessment. Also let's not forget I have "Weapon of Awe" and "Divine Favor" to aid Beckah on the combat check, and I can recharge the other "Cure" spell in my hand to give another 1d4+1. This totals an additional 2d4+4 to the combat check, but I'm useless in anything other than combat checks.

One last wrinkle; I can also use my playmat benefit to discard a card and draw a card at the start of the turn. Can I do that, and also pass a card to Bekah, in whichever order I choose?

I believe using the play mat must come before passing off cards.

That's the way I was hoping for, so we're good!
I'd like Oloch to cast his Cure at the start of my turn, before I've done anything.

Ostog will then discard Aunty and draw a card from the newly-shuffled deck, and pass a card to Bekah (either his blessing or the card that he just drew if that would be of more use to Bekah).

(The scenario start-of-turn examine has no effect, as there's no other open location, so the Lightning Storm stays here).

Ostog then explores the location, displaying the Lightning Storm he found. He explores again (discarding his Smith) to find Chain Lightning.

The check to acquire is Intelligence/Arcane 10. Ostog only has a d4.
Feiya can reduce the difficulty by 4 by using Good Omen.
Bekah can add 1d4+1.
We've got a BotG/Maat which can add another 3 if necessary, so we can't fail the check (2d4+1 + 4 + 3 can't be lower than 10). I've also got a reroll item (several, actually) so I can reroll a d4 to keep the BotG around.

Are we ready? (And, if so, how many cards will Oloch's cure heal?)

It seems to make most sense for me to recharge Cure to add to the spell acquire check, depends on what card I receive from you. Regardless, I will recharge something for the extra d4+1

Alright, beginning of Ostog's turn, Oloch casts cure on him

Cure on Ostog: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Recharge Cure Divine DC 8: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Oloch's Cure nets everything from Ostog's discard pile except a Blessing of the Gods.

Ostog discards Aunty and draws his Topaz of Strength.
He then passes his Blessing of Torag to Bekah.

Explore, display Lightning Storm, discard Smith, Explore.
Chain Lightning
Ostog can now recharge his Topaz of Strength to roll a d10 instead of a d4.
That improves the odds somewhat!
Feiya plays Good Omen to reduce the difficulty by 4; Bekah recharges a card to add 1d4+1.

Intelligence 10-4: 1d10 + 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + (4) + 1 = 12 More than enough!

@Feiya: You can now use your Augury to set up the Librarian for Bekah.

Finally, Ostog mucks his entire hand, drawing two blessings in the replacement.
One of the blessings is even his Blessing of Lamashtu!

Hand: Greatclub, Crowbar, Athlete, Blessing of Lamashtu, Blessing of Achaekek,

Displayed:
Deck: 8 Discard: 6 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

@Feiya, Bekah: I've used resources from your hand.

Cure recharged on previous turn.

Bekah watches as the sun begins to set on their mission. She knows it's up to her now.

Examine top card, which is now the Librarian. Return to top of same deck.

The weather turns ugly and Bekah dives for shelter.

Encounter Lightning Storm

Lightning Storm: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Luckily Freyia's foresight and magical powers protect Bekah.

Lightning storm moves to random location, but it doesn't matter since this is the last turn.

Bekah presses on, exploring the last depths of the library.

Explore and encounter the librarian.

Bekah debates sneaking past the librarian, or simply announcing her presence and coming in guns blazing...

I'm not going to use resources on the Stealth check, I think we will be better off just taking the +4 to the combat check

Bekah's newfound faith in Torag shines, while she asks @Ostog to hedge their bets by praying to Achaekek.

Bekah summons her arcane powers and launches a Lightning Bolt at the strange construct.

Blessing of Achaekek adds 2 dice vs henchmen, Blessing of Torag for one more. Recharge Crossbow via Bard power for d4+1.

Bekah's life flashes before her eyes...

DC=16

Lightning Bolt d8+2+3d6
Recharge Crossbow d4+1
Blessing of Torag d8
Blessing of Achaekek

So looking for a 16, d8+2+3d6+d4+1+d8+2d8. I have a shirt reroll as well. Can Divine Favor work on a spell? I know Weapon of Awe can't. Is there a better path to victory using the Crossbow? Anyone else want to toss more in, or save it for the close? We might want to see if Feyia loses her entire hand.

I hate to Lightning Storm on the parade, but I don't think Feiya can use Augury to set up the location order. Or rather, she can, but she'll examine the two Forbidden Texts in doing so, which will cause the location to be shuffled AFTER the effects of Augury are all resolved.

I'm confirming this with Keith/Hawkmoon, but yeah, I'm pretty sure your idea will just end up with Feiya taking a bunch of damage for no reason.

Confirmed with Keith. Basically, if a trigger during a multi-examine causes you to shuffle the deck, you resolve that trigger, then finish all your other examines, resolve the rest of the power that caused you to examine, then shuffle the deck at the very end.

That's a bit of a mess given we've been working using this strategy for about 4 or 5 turns already... :(

How shall we proceed?